3.5 magnitude quake shakes Tyre

A mild earthquake shook the southern city of Tyre on Monday a day after a similar quake struck the northern city of Tripoli, the Bhannes Center for Seismic and Scientific Research said, Naharnet reported.

The center told the state-run National News Agency that the residents of Tyre felt at 2:52 am the quake that measured 3.5 on the Richter scale.

The center stressed to NNA that the mild quake was similar to the one that northern Lebanon witnessed around noon Sunday.